The biggest mistakes ever made in Friends

Of course there were going to have been some mistakes over the 10 years that Friendsdominated our TV screens, but the thing that concerns us most, is that we’ve only just started noticing them...

The one with Rachel's body double
A fan spotted that during series 9, episode 15, The One with the Mugging, that the stand in for Jennifer Aniston (aka Rachel) was still in the background of a shot, and not even dressed a la Rachel Green.

They magically move
Monica’s flat might have begun as number 5, but the writer’s quickly changed it to number 20 (because you know, she lived higher up) and all without her moving a single box. But at least they were consistent, with Joey and Chandler’s also moving from 4 to 19. Who knows where the hell they actually live?

And Monica's apartment seems to be in different locations
The view from the kitchen window seems to be continually shifting. Firstly we see another apartment block, then a brick wall, then, well, nothing. How is this even happening?

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No one has a clue how old they are
For starters, Ross stays 29 for a very long time (three years and three series to be exact), but then he also has two birthdays (who can blame him?) one in December and one in October. While Joey claims to be 25 in The One with the Birth, while Monica says she’s 26. This would all be fine, but later Joey claims all the guys are the same age at 29. What’s the issue we hear you say? Ross is Monica’s older brother guys, so how the hell can this be true?

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Or when they were born for that matter
We see Rachel tell Gunther her birthday is in May, in the episode 'The One With Joey's New Girlfriend', but then in series seven she becomes an Aquarius... which are (usually) born in January or February.

Ross lied about his sexual past
When we first meet Ross Gellar he’s mourning the loss of his wife Carol, who leaves him for another woman, and the fact that she was the first and only woman he’d ever slept with. Fast-forward to series seven and it’s revealed he had sex with a cleaning lady when he was in college. We feel so betrayed.

Chandler and Rachel met for the first time a lot
When Friends first began, we saw Rachel and Chandler introduced for the first time, but it turns out that’s happened a lot. Maybe the duo just weren’t that memorable to each other or maybe some in charge of the script totally forgot. Memorable first meetings include Central Perk, a Monica’s parent’s house, and a drunken kiss at a college party. Hopefully they’ll remember each other now.

Rachel has no idea how to spell
Most notably her own surname, which switches between Green and Greene. While Green features in the credits and on Emma’s first birthday cake, it’s Greene that’s on her door at Bloomingdales.

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